Music from “The Sleeping Beauty”
The Sleeping Beauty (Russian: Спящая красавица, romanized: Spyashchaya krasavitsa ) is a ballet in a prologue and three acts to music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, his Opus 66, completed in 1889. It is the second of his three ballets and, at 160 minutes, his second-longest work in any genre. The original scenario was by Ivan Vsevolozhsky after Perrault's La belle au bois dormant, or The Beauty Sleeping in the Forest; the first choreographer was Marius Petipa. The premiere took place at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg on January 15, 1890, and from that year forward The Sleeping Beauty has remained one of the most famous ballets of all time.
Movements
- Concert Suite from the Ballet “The Sleeping Beauty”: Prologue: Allegro molto – Andante
- Concert Suite from the Ballet “The Sleeping Beauty”: Dance of the Pages: Allegro moderato
- Concert Suite from the Ballet “The Sleeping Beauty”: Vision: Presto
- Concert Suite from the Ballet “The Sleeping Beauty”: Andante
- Concert Suite from the Ballet “The Sleeping Beauty”: The Silver Fairy: Allegro giusto
- Concert Suite from the Ballet “The Sleeping Beauty”: Puss-in-Boots and the White Cat: Rubato assai
- Concert Suite from the Ballet “The Sleeping Beauty”: Gavotte: Allegro moderato
- Concert Suite from the Ballet “The Sleeping Beauty”: Fairy “Singing Canary”: Vivo
- Concert Suite from the Ballet “The Sleeping Beauty”: Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf: Allegro moderato
- Concert Suite from the Ballet “The Sleeping Beauty”: Adagio: Andante non troppo
- Concert Suite from the Ballet “The Sleeping Beauty”: Finale: Allegro vivace – Poco rubato – Tempo I